Fill in the blanks with an appropriate modal auxiliary verb.
1. Do you think you ............................ help me?
Correct!
Wrong!
2. ......................... you wait a moment, please?
Correct!
Wrong!
Could is more polite.
3. ........................ you do me a favor?
Correct!
Wrong!
All of these are possible here.
4. ............................ you please stop talking?
Correct!
Wrong!
5. ............................... I have these books?
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either can or could is possible here.
6. ............................ I have the salt, please?
Correct!
Wrong!
7. Do you think I ............................. borrow your bike?
Correct!
Wrong!
8. ........................ I get you something to drink?
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
9. ........................ you like a drink?
Correct!
Wrong!
10. What ........................ you do if you were in my position?
Correct!
Wrong!
11. Where ........................... I get some information about hotels?
Correct!
Wrong!
12. ........................ it be all right if I brought a friend along?
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- Do you think you could help me?
- Can / Could you wait a moment, please?
- Can / Could / Will you do me a favor?
- Would / Could you please stop talking?
- Can /Could I have these books?
- Could I have the salt, please?
- Do you think I could borrow your bike?
- Can/ Could I get you something to drink?
- Would you like a drink?
- What would you do if you were in my position?
- Where can / could I get some information about hotels?
- Would it be all right if I brought a friend along?
